Mission Enabler

Diocese of Durham Durham, England, United Kingdom

Hours

35,461

35,461

Description of Job

Growing Mission Enabler

5.1 - starting at £35,461, with employers’ pension contribution of 10% plus 5% to the extent that it is matched by the employee.

Growing Mission Strategic Lead

Full time, 35 hours per week* (including some evening/weekend working).

* Part-time working (21-35 hours per week) may be considered, please note this on application form

Fixed term for three years (may be extended subject to further funding).

Diocesan Office, Cuthbert House, Stonebridge, Durham, DH1 3RY
, with travel around the Diocese.

The Diocese of Durham is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All post holders and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.

Growing Mission is one of four work streams within our Diocesan Transformation Strategy. As we seek to support churches to grow in fruitfulness in their unique context, we recognise the need for good preparation, and the Growing Mission workstream supports local planning and development at parish and deanery level, helping to raise missional aspirations and encourage local vision, and helps to provide a basis for resource allocation.

Growing Mission includes three key threads of work:

• Local Transformation Planning to encourage and facilitate parishes and deaneries to shape local vision and plans appropriate to context and challenge.
• The Vacancy Audit Programme (VAP) to enable parishes that come into vacancy to reflect on their position, identifying strengths, challenges and opportunities for growth.
• Interim Change Ministry - positions Interim Change Ministers (ICMs) in parishes for an interim period to lead the congregation through a change journey, providing guidance, wisdom and oversight. ICMs play a key role in creating an environment ready for new mission and new leadership.

Our Growing Mission Enablers will be part of the Growing Mission team within the wider Mission, Discipleship and Ministry Team of Durham Diocese. They will play a key role in the delivery of the Transformation vision through working closely with deaneries, parishes and local groups to raise missional aspirations, facilitate the development of local vision and strategy appropriate to context and challenge, and support the outworking of missional activity in its early stages.

Each Growing Mission Enabler will take on particular responsibilities related to one or two of the key threads of work and work collaboratively with colleagues to support delivery of the whole workstream.

As a team we are committed to collaboration and communication to enable a healthy culture of delivery, accountability and evaluation. We are passionate disciples, adaptable practitioners, reflective learners and self-aware team players. We work together to enable a cycle of ‘engage, equip, release’ with individuals and churches.

• Growing Mission Strategic Lead
• Growing Mission team (including Interim Change Ministers)
• Mission, Discipleship and Ministry team and wider Diocesan staff working in Buildings, Finance, Housing etc.
• Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation
• Area Deans and Lay Chairs
• Parish clergy and lay leaders
• Parochial Church Councils of parishes in vacancy